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black cherry
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noun
a North American cherry, Prunus serotina, having drooping clusters of fragrant white flowers and bearing a black, sour, edible fruit.
the fruit itself.
the hard, reddish-brown wood of this tree, used for making furniture.
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Origin of black cherry
An Americanism dating back to 1720–30
Words nearby black cherry
blackcap, black-capped chickadee, Black Caps, black carpenter ant, black chaff, black cherry, black-coated, blackcock, blackcod, Black Code, black cohosh
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